Italy 500 Lire 1981 2000th Anniversary of the Death of Virgil. Obverse: Laurel head of Virgil facing left. Below the neck the name of the author. Reverse: A stylized tree; the symbol of Fertility with at sides; facing the tree; the figure of an ox at right (representing the work) and of an horse at left (symbol of epic poetry). On the left; 19 A.C. year of death of the Latin poet; and on the right; the year 1981. In the exergue; the value and the mintmark. Edge: Lettering in relief. Lettering: REPVBBLICA ITALIANA. Silver. KM 110